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The National Parks Service is promising to make right a 30-year wrong, with the correction of the misspelled name of a fallen Western New York hero on Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is establishing a bureau to review potential wrongful convictions and streamline damage claims from those unjustly punished for crimes they didn't commit.

Saint John Baptist Church is being named "designated developer" for 50 city-owned lots in the Fruit Belt as it moves forward on a multi-million dollar plan to build 49 rental town houses.

Buffalo is celebrating its 50th anniversary with its sister city in Japan, Kanazawa.

Mayor Brown says city residents are truly concerned about the new zoning code and that's why they packed the auditorium at ECC City last night.

Plans for renovating Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park at a cost of around $100 million are reviving a push for a new stadium to be located instead in the City of Buffalo.

Monday marked the 100th day of the Mark Poloncarz term as Erie County Executive. Tuesday, Poloncarz released his four-year financial plan for the county.

Could eating placenta, or the afterbirth, provide medical benefits for mothers, or possibly, all humans? That’s the question behind a new paper from a team of Buffalo researchers. But finding the answer will not be easy.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's aggressive legislative agenda will not include any action on the issue of medical marijuana.

The public gets another chance to examine some of the concepts that may soon be part of Buffalo's updated City Code.

Visitors to New York State's parks may soon be limited in where they can smoke, with restrictions going into effect now.